6 Top Jobs for Women Without College Degrees

More than ever women are staking their claim to the best and highest-paying jobs in the workforce. While more and more women are pursuing higher education; the investment of time and the increasing costs of even an undergraduate degree have made higher education out of reach for many women. While ... Continue Reading

Women Need Extra Degree to Match Men’s Earnings

NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Women generally need to stay in school for two to four years longer than their male co-workers in order to earn as much or more than them, a new study shows. Women with an associate degree earn just more than $1.5 million in their lifetimes, roughly the ... Continue Reading

Men Now Outpace Women in Job Growth

NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Men may have lost more jobs than women during the recession, but as one report shows, they are quickly making up the ground they lost during the economic recovery. Since the recession ended in June 2009, men have gained 768,000 jobs and the unemployment rate among men has ... Continue Reading

Behind the Rise of Women in the Work Force

NEW YORK (MainStreet) — The labor market is no longer a man’s world. Between 2000 and 2010, the number of women employed in the U.S. increased by roughly 2.1 million, while the number of men remained essentially stagnant, increasing by just 54,000 in 10 years, according to data provided to MainStreet by ... Continue Reading

The gender pay gap: 10 worst industries for women

A new study by online content provider 24/7 Wall Street says the insurance/financial sector shows the biggest disparity in weekly earnings among males ($1,324 average) versus females ($872). The study, compiled from government data, says the other industries showing the biggest pay gaps, in order, are: 2. ... Continue Reading

Women In Management – How To Gain Respect From Your Employees

When you reach the part of your career as top of the management, you know that you made it. This may be hard especially for women. After all, no matter how much change happens to women in the workplace nowadays, it is still hard to get the respect that you ... Continue Reading

Are Men Bosses Better than Women?

In the eighteen century women have fought for equal rights in terms of voting and employment. Because of this now in the twentieth century were seeing more female bosses, which is a good thing right? Now according to statistics, about two thirds of women employees prefer men bosses than women they ... Continue Reading

Women entrepreneurs embrace networking

Lynne Franks waves a hand across a long white room dotted with beige, moquette chairs and glass-topped coffee tables – a tasteful oasis of calm lifted by the colour of hand-painted murals in the style of The Bloomsbury Set alongside dramatic modern art by US artist Natasha Zupan. “We aimed for ... Continue Reading

Why does big business hate maternity leave?

A new survey suggests that motherhood and high-flying careers are still mutually exclusive. A confidential agency for high salaried execs, headhunters believe that women who want to get the top jobs in business should steer well clear of motherhood. Some 53% of those questioned said that women who want a big ... Continue Reading

5 factors affecting career decision of young women

1) Family support – to allow her independently take decisions and help her move in the corporate, to support her in house hold chores, to ensure the family does not fall back on her income earning capability so that she does what she likes, encourage discussions with her and help ... Continue Reading

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